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Ending of 'withdrawal of benefits for breach of a community order' pilots
New DWP guidance
10 March, 2010
Government launches Jobcentre Plus 'app'
Move will improve the customer experience and save money, says Minister
10 March, 2010
Changes in the way that Upper Tribunal decisions are reported
New DWP guidance
09 March, 2010
Government confirms extension of Jobcentre Plus partnership-based outreach
National roll-out to unemployment hotspots will ensure support is accessible to everyone, says Minister
09 March, 2010
Help with NHS costs for those in residential care
New statutory instrument
09 March, 2010
Maximum amount of additional state pension where pensioner inherits pension on death of their spouse or civil partner
New regulations in Northern Ireland
09 March, 2010
Amounts payable under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Northern Ireland Order 1979
New statutory rule
08 March, 2010
Benefit rights of prisoners who are serving part of their sentences in psychiatric hospitals
New regulations in Northern Ireland reverse the effect of Court of Appeal judgment
08 March, 2010
Benefits and support in residential care in Scotland
New statutory instruments
08 March, 2010
Changes to state pension provision in Northern Ireland
New statutory rule
08 March, 2010
Data transfers between local authority housing benefit departments and the DWP
New HB guidance
08 March, 2010
Local authority service level agreement with DWP's Debt Management Centre
New DWP guidance
08 March, 2010
Sanction of up to two weeks for jobseekers who fail to attend interviews or appointments
New regulations replace termination of benefit with sanction
08 March, 2010
Sharing of social security and employment or training information to support delivery of government's skills agenda
New statutory instrument
08 March, 2010
Work-focused interviews and the equalisation of state pension age
New statutory instrument
08 March, 2010
Government sets new targets for Access to Work programme
Guaranteed places available to those with mental health conditions and learning disabilities
04 March, 2010
Maximum amount of additional state pension where pensioner inherits pension on death of their spouse or civil partner
New DWP guidance
04 March, 2010
Miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation
New statutory instrument
04 March, 2010
Replacing sick notes with 'fit notes' from Spring 2010 in Northern Ireland
New Statutory Rule
04 March, 2010
Benefit rates should be frozen to enable earnings disregards to be increased to sixteen times the minimum wage
New report from the Policy Exchange thinktank
03 March, 2010
